Although clockmaking was the primary business in which Burnap engaged, he also had a large trade for his surveying instruments, silver spoons, gold beads, harness and saddlery hardware, and shoe buckles.
However, he "did not push the business of Watchmaking and Clockmaking so hard, for the manufacture of nautical instruments and surveyors instruments was a more important part of his business.
Chandlee family, whose clockmaking traditions began early in the 17th century (see p.
He moved to Frederick, Maryland, where he established his own clockmaking shop and where he specialized in making mathematical instruments.
New Hampshire Among the artisans who combined clockmaking with instrument making before the beginning of the 19th century was Benjamin C.
To the critics to whom I have hitherto been indebted for realizing the niche I desire to fill with my volumes, I preface this volume by stating that as far as possible the technicalities ofclockmaking have been eliminated.
But in the endeavour to satisfy such a want on the part of my clients, I plead that the subject of clockmaking is one to which years of study must be devoted.
We may therefore fairly conclude that the other places represent the most noteworthy centres of clockmaking at that period.
This unwillingness to adopt new styles is a feature in clockmaking in the provinces and in Scotland.
But the factory system of the middle nineteenth century began to eat into the vitals of clockmaking in this country as a scientific craft.
It demanded craftsmanship of the highest character to create these masterpieces of horology, and the art has been continued in a separate stream to that of clockmaking up to the present day.
One of the most famous names in the history of clockmaking in America is that of Willard, and to a certain style of clock this name has been applied.
In Mr. Charles Britten's various books on clocks and clockmaking he has gathered together all the minute particulars which are obtainable on this subject, and which are of chief interest to collectors of clocks.
Since it was too small to depend on weights, it contained a coiled mainspring--something entirely new to the clockmaking world.
In fact, ever so many clockmaking Terrys came after old Eli, and each added his bit to his ancestor's trade.
His two sons, Benjamin and Samuel, also went into the clockmaking business and did very commendable work.
Seth Thomas, Silas Hoadley, Chauncey Jerome are names that will not soon be forgotten; Terryville and Thomaston, two clockmaking centers, testify to that.
Years ago Edward Howard, the founder of the Howard Clock Company, began clockmaking as a pupil of Aaron Willard, Junior.
Probably John Bailey, who was no doubt one of the clockmaking Baileys of Yorkshire, was a pioneer of a little later period.
But if so they failed to dash his enthusiasm for his profession, for you see how well he profited by his teaching and what a master at clockmaking he finally became.
So you see, in one way and another, old Eli Terry contributed very materially to up-building the American clockmaking industry.
He was the flower of the family, so far, anyway, as clockmaking went.
It was a great service to the world--a deed that influenced not only all subsequent clockmaking but ultimately all marine enterprises.
Meantime in New Hampshire both Timothy Chandler of Concord and Luther Smith of Keene were successfully plying the clockmaking trade and creating beautiful old clocks.
I am endeavouring to provide that for the future this branch of clockmaking shall not be abandoned entirely to our continental neighbours, whose exports of this kind to our country yearly are very considerable.
François, the younger son, was not forgotten though, and the father bethought him of some useful industry at which he might earn a living, and decided on clockmaking as the most suitable.
A lingering love for my oldclockmaking trade has made me choose chronometro-electrical works as the objects of my study.
In order to aid my progress and afford me relaxation, my master recommended me to study some treatises on mechanics in general, and on clockmaking in particular.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "clockmaking" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
